[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8840 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8840

  To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to 
  extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2020

Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Suozzi, and 
  Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to 
  extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) Extension Through the End of the COVID-19 Public Health 
Emergency.--Section 3709(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 421) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2020,'' and inserting ``the termination date of 
the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 421).
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